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CVE-2026-0694: SearchWiz <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Title

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The SearchWiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post titles in search results in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to the plugin using `esc_attr()` instead of `esc_html()` when outputting post titles in search results. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in post titles that will execute whenever a user performs a search and views the search results page.

Affected products

• SearchWiz: through 1.0.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/searchwiz/tags/1.0.0/public/class-sw-ajax.php#L616
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/searchwiz/trunk/public/class-sw-ajax.php#L616
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e60a315-7f74-4d81-b6d2-ad3d40d489ef?source=cve

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